The Olin East Asian Art Gallery and Lounge areas was also used to create a complementary exhibit of Japanese art from the Davis Collection where demonstrations of the art of serving tea (chanoyu) were presented.
#Moku hanga technique series#
Throughout the gallery, there were displays of mokuhanga tools and a series of photos showing the mokuhanga process. The exhibition space included a room that presented traditional 18th century Ukiyoe Prints from collections in Walla Walla a room that introduced the tradition of “Japanese Creative Printmaking” (sōsaku hanga) and a room that showcased the woodblock prints of Walla Walla artist, Laura Lee Robison Holmes who was profoundly influenced by Japanese sōsaku hanga. Stephen Hazel, Shōichi Ida, Catherine Kerman, Karen Kunc, Robert Kushner, Hiroki Morinoue, Florence Neal, Kathleen Rabel, Mellesa Schulenberg, Yasuyuki Shibata, James Sienna, Carol Summer, Phoebe Toland, and April Vollmer. The exhibit included the work of the following artists: Takuji Hamanaka, Keiko Hara. The exhibit highlighted the work of seventeen American woodblock print artists who created new, different, and contemporary visual effects that mirrors and expands the Japanese mokuhanga and Ukiyo-e tradition. This exhibit was curated by Professor Akira Takemoto (Japanese Studies) and Professor of Art Emerita, Keiko Hara to explore the ways in which traditional Japanese woodblock print have influenced and inspired American abstract printmakers.
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